Stories
Many climate change actions or solutions are to be found in the agrifood sector. These stories from the field showcase the potential of agrifood systems as a solution to the climate crisis. Agrifood system solutions have concrete cross-cutting impacts helping to build resilience, adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while safeguarding biodiversity and ensuring food security for all.
Browse this section to learn more about how FAO supports countries around the world to boost climate action in agriculture and food systems.
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Climate change is here. But we are fighting back.
15/11/2024
Climate change is real and it is here, but we are fighting back. Discover how FAO's Strategy on climate change and Action Plan can help us tackle this...
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Restoring the Colombian Amazon Biome as a global climate solution
14/11/2024
Mapiripán has long been trapped in a cycle of conflict and environmental degradation exacerbated by climate change. Many years ago...
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Taking pasture matters into their own hands
16/08/2024
Maasai Indigenous Peoples are pastoralists who traditionally relied on natural pastures, but the prolonged droughts and poor quality, purchased silage...
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Setting up Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector for climate resilience
04/07/2024
Cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire have faced increasing climate challenges, as cocoa crops are highly sensitive to weather changes. With support from...
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Support for animals means support for families in the Republic of Moldova
25/06/2024
In 2022, the Republic of Moldova faced an extreme drought that led to 50 - 60 percent losses in some of their crops. With this loss of income and increased...
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Investing in our lands
14/06/2024
Land holds the past, present and future of humanity. Everything from nutritious food and thriving ecosystems to agricultural heritage and livelihoods...
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Hands that heal our soils
29/04/2024
Soils are where our food begins. Without healthy soils, growing nutritious food would be next to impossible. Problems like soil erosion can cause up...
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Pulses and soils: a dynamic duo
05/02/2024
They are the dried edible seeds of legumes both cultivated for food and feed. They are pulses, and if you didn’t know already, they have the potential...
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Proof that restoring mountain ecosystems works. Returning wildlife and flourishing forests in mountains guard against climate change and create jobs
11/12/2023
In the snowy peaks of Kyrgyzstan’s Tien-Shan mountains, a group of people hike to a remote area, checking and relocating camera traps that monitor wildlife,...
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Digging deeper into the arid terrain of the world’s largest landlocked country
05/12/2023
After years of soil degradation in western Uzbekistan, smallholder farmers like Adyl have turned to climate-smart techniques to tackle the impacts of...
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Invasive species are changing the nature of the Mediterranean Sea
05/09/2023
The Mediterranean Sea is being invaded by hundreds of fish, jellyfish, prawns and other marine species from outside the region.
More than 1...
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Seeking solutions to sargassum algae in the Caribbean
09/11/2022
Sargassum has been washing up in growing numbers on the shores of the Caribbean Sea for more than a decade. Easily identified by its brown colour and...